Sentence examples for the main sheet from inspiring English sources
Thinking better of a game of chicken, Moseley let out the main sheet and steered the boat away.
A gloved hand is wrapped in a death grip around the main sheet, the line controlling the shape of the sail.
I wonder if this is the dreaded accident that is about to occur when I instinctively lean the opposite way, ease off the main sheet a tad, regain balance, and shoot off again speeding towards home.
Because the direction of maximum conductivity was found to differ from the main sheet axis, the measured conductivity tensor was rotated to yield the corrected 2-dimensional tensor relative to the main GDL axis.
Hold the main sheet with your other hand.
Attach the main sheet to the traveler with the spring clip at the end of the main sheet.
If sailing in very low wind, letting go of the main-sheet will not be enough to make the sail go out - push the boom out slowly with your hand and go to step three.
Point your boat in the desired direction Let out your main-sheet until the front of the sail begins to flap When this happens, sheet in (pull on the main-sheet) until the flapping stops.
Gas left in a corner between the insulator and anode surface causes danger of secondary discharge breakdowns behind the main current sheet.
Masses of dead ice, severed from the main ice sheet by emerging bedrock highs, downwasted in situ within valleys and lake basins and were commonly buried by sediment.
"I didn't know a jib from a main sheet," said Mr. Immel, now 19, who has since graduated from the program and gotten a job.
